Thursday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 12/7

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Trends and Indexes

Thursday, December 7

Good Luck on day #340 of 2017!

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Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

— Last year in the major leagues, the first-pitch strike %age was 60.3%. In the Japanese major leagues, first-pitch strike %age was only 48.2%.

— Washington 74, Kansas 65— Mike Hopkins’ first big win with the Huskies.

— Loyola, Chi 65, Florida 59— Been a rough week for the Gators.

— Middle Tennessee 66, Vanderbilt 63— Nice win for the Blue Raiders.

— Last year, 12 SEC teams made bowls; this year, only nine made bowls, and 4 of those 9 are underdogs in their bowl game.

— RIP Ron Meyer 76, who was Eric Dickerson’s college coach at SMU and went 54-50 as an NFL coach with the Colts/Patriots.


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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud…….

13) Stellar trivia item: Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright owns a USFL championship ring from the 1986 Philadelphia Stars, coached by Jim Mora Sr.

Wright worked in the Stars’ marketing department that season. Think anyone else won a USFL ring and also won a college basketball national title?

12) Was surprised to learn that new Mets’ manager Mickey Callaway will earn around $800,000 next season. Thats not a lot of cash for a big league skipper.

In other words, the manager of a major league team in New York City makes less than both of the coordinators of LSU’s football team. Not the head coach, the coordinators.

11) Basketball coaches at Virginia Commonwealth have this in their contract:

If the coach bolts VCU for another job, that team has to play a home-and-home series with the Rams, which is why Texas visited VCU Tuesday— LSU will do the same in the near future, since Will Wade skipped town to coach the Bayou Bengals.

10) 75 days after Hurricane Maria, 215,000 people have already migrated from Puerto Rico to Florida. Wonder how many of them will register to vote, or are already registered?

9) Former FBI Director James Comey is apparently writing a book on leadership; what do guys like that do when they lose their job? Guess he’ll do a book tour when it is published and we’ll hear a lot more from Mr Comey.

8) Arena trivia: West Virginia University’s basketball arena opened in 1970; they recently did $26M of improvements on it. Back in 1970, the first event held in the arena was a concert by Grand Funk Railroad. Just thought you’d like to know.

7) Sports agent Andy Miller lost his certification to be an agent this week, as result of the FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball. Miller represented Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Lowry- Lowry makes around $30M a year.

Very expensive day- losing Lowry as a client costs Miller’s agency $900,000 a year, and thats just one client.

6) There is one of those courtroom TV shows, Judge Mathis; apparently, Judge Mathis’ daughter went to Michigan State and worked as a student assistant for the basketball team. Spartans’ hoop coach Tom Izzo was in the “courtroom” for a recent taping and was recognized by the judge, whose daughter is now a lawyer.

5) Willie Taggart officially signed on to coach Florida State’s football team, meaning that in 2018, the Oregon Ducks will have their third football coach in three years. I’m guessing the next Oregon coach will have a steep buyout clause in their contract. Taggart’s buyout was $4.5M.

4) Kansas City Chiefs have a big game this week, at home against their rivals from Oakland, but they suspended CB Marcus Peters for the week, after Peters threw a penalty flag into the stands at Swamp Stadium Sunday, as he protested a penalty on a play against the Jets.

I laughed out loud when Peters threw the flag in the stands; never saw that before, but even Peters thought the move deserved an ejection— he left the field and threw his gloves to a fan in the stands. But it turns out he was never ejected— took the team ten minutes to get Peters back on the sidelines. He returned, but without socks/gloves.

Chiefs lost six of their last seven games after a 5-0 start; this week’s game is huge for both teams, but Kansas City took a stand and suspended a starter.

3) UCLA cancelled its basketball game with Montana Wednesday because of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Team practices/workouts were also cancelled.

2) Fact I learned from listening to Bill Walton on the Arizona-Texas A&&M game Tuesday: Arizona is the 6th-largest state in the country, in terms of area. Didn’t know that.

1) I got an e-mail today, asking to donate to a candidate in the Alabama Senate race— are you bleeping kidding me? I live in upstate New York, I think politicians are gutless weasels- there is a 0% chance I’m giving a politician money. Ever.

Would much rather go find a homeless person up by the supermarket I go to and give him a few bucks.

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NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, December 7

Arizona @ Boston

Game 51-52
December 7, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
9.877
Boston
12.259
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 2 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-210
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(-210); Over

NY Islanders @ Pittsburgh

Game 53-54
December 7, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Islanders
12.233
Pittsburgh
11.409
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
NY Islanders
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-140
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
NY Islanders
(+120); Under

Winnipeg @ Florida

Game 55-56
December 7, 2017 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg
12.402
Florida
10.912
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Winnipeg
-125
6
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg
(-125); Under

Colorado @ Tampa Bay

Game 57-58
December 7, 2017 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Colorado
10.904
Tampa Bay
11.887
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-260
6
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-260); Over

Calgary @ Montreal

Game 59-60
December 7, 2017 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Calgary
10.319
Montreal
11.785
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Montreal
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Montreal
N/A

Dallas @ St. Louis

Game 61-62
December 7, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
10.212
St. Louis
12.763
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 2 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-150
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(-150); Under

Philadelphia @ Vancouver

Game 63-64
December 7, 2017 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
11.877
Vancouver
10.402
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vancouver
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia
(+100); Over

Ottawa @ Los Angeles

Game 65-66
December 7, 2017 @ 10:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
12.209
Los Angeles
11.422
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Ottawa
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
N/A

Carolina @ San Jose

Game 67-68
December 7, 2017 @ 10:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Carolina
11.677
San Jose
10.504
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
(+120); Under

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NHL
Long Sheet

Thursday, December 7

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ARIZONA (7-18-0-5, 19 pts.) at BOSTON (12-9-0-4, 28 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 7-23 ATS (+39.0 Units) in all games this season.
ARIZONA is 7-23 ATS (+39.0 Units) first half of the season this season.
ARIZONA is 47-113 ATS (+222.2 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
BOSTON is 97-102 ATS (-74.8 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.
BOSTON is 205-171 ATS (-52.6 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 5-0 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 5-0-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

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NY ISLANDERS (16-9-0-2, 34 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (15-11-0-3, 33 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PITTSBURGH is 58-30 ATS (+15.0 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 34-14 ATS (+14.4 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 8-2 ATS (+5.8 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 30-16 ATS (+12.5 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 5-3 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 5-3-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.1 Units)

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WINNIPEG (17-7-0-4, 38 pts.) at FLORIDA (10-13-0-4, 24 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WINNIPEG is 7-1 ATS (+5.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more this season.
FLORIDA is 45-64 ATS (-30.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
FLORIDA is 26-39 ATS (-14.8 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
FLORIDA is 103-159 ATS (+284.5 Units) when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
FLORIDA is 155-232 ATS (+395.9 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
FLORIDA is 7-19 ATS (-13.3 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 2-2 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
FLORIDA is 2-2-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.1 Units)

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COLORADO (12-12-0-2, 26 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (19-6-0-2, 40 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 34-74 ATS (+133.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 3-15 ATS (+21.5 Units) in December games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 1-11 ATS (+14.8 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 76-60 ATS (+139.3 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.
COLORADO is 133-130 ATS (+283.0 Units) in road games after a non-conference game since 1996.
COLORADO is 120-96 ATS (+224.9 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
COLORADO is 13-10 ATS (+29.2 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 366-413 ATS (-75.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 166-205 ATS (-78.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 2-2 (+1.4 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 2-2-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.1 Units)

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CALGARY (14-12-0-2, 30 pts.) at MONTREAL (13-13-0-3, 29 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 2-2-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

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DALLAS (16-11-0-1, 33 pts.) at ST LOUIS (18-8-0-2, 38 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 10-26 ATS (+37.0 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 13-27 ATS (-18.9 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 5-19 ATS (+29.2 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 197-169 ATS (+22.1 Units) in road games first half of the season since 1996.
DALLAS is 104-108 ATS (+239.1 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
DALLAS is 40-18 ATS (+17.9 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 11-16 ATS (-14.0 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 12-5 (+5.6 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 12-5-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
8 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.6 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (10-11-0-7, 27 pts.) at VANCOUVER (14-10-0-4, 32 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 10-18 ATS (-9.3 Units) in all games this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 10-18 ATS (-9.3 Units) first half of the season this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 16-31 ATS (-15.5 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 243-260 ATS (-95.9 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 81-60 ATS (+19.5 Units) in road games in December games since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 374-346 ATS (-92.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 3-2 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 3-2-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

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OTTAWA (9-11-0-6, 24 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (18-8-0-3, 39 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 10:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 3-2 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 3-2-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.2 Units)

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CAROLINA (11-10-0-5, 27 pts.) at SAN JOSE (14-10-0-2, 30 pts.) - 12/7/2017, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 10-24 ATS (+40.0 Units) in road games first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 25-43 ATS (-19.6 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
CAROLINA is 66-126 ATS (+219.1 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
CAROLINA is 6-23 ATS (+39.6 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 5-17 ATS (+28.2 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 96-87 ATS (-53.9 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 406-323 ATS (-26.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 95-78 ATS (-70.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 2-2 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 2-2-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, December 7

Bruins won their last ten games with Arizona, outscoring Coyotes 16-3 in their last four games played here. Over is 5-2-1 in last eight series games. Arizona lost four of its last five games; they lost their last three road games. Under is 14-2 in their last sixteen games. Bruins won six of their last eight games; they split last eight home games. Under is 7-4 in their last 11 games.

Islanders won 4-3so/5-3 in their last two games with Pittsburgh; three of last four series games went over total. New York lost three of last four games in the Steel City. Islanders won five of their last seven games; they won five of last seven road games. Over is 9-1-1 in their last eleven games. Penguins won four of their last five games overall, three of last four at home. Over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games.

Winnipeg is 6-4 in its last ten games with Florida; home side won seven of last nine in series. Over is 6-2-1 in last nine series games. Winnipeg is 9-4 in its last 13 games; they lost their last three road games. Under is 5-3 in their last eight games. Florida lost its last three games, all by one goal; they lost their last three home games, too. Eight of their last ten games stayed under total.

Colorado/Tampa Bay split their last 10 meetings; road team won last four. Avalanhe won 4-0/2-1 in their last two visits to the Bay Area. Colorado lost five of its last six games overall, four of last five on road; five of their last seven games stayed under total. Tampa Bay won three of its last four games; they won five of their last six home games. Five of their last six home games went over total.

Flames are 6-4 in their last ten games with Montreal, 3-2 in last five visits here. Over is 3-1-1 in last five series games. Calgary lost its last three games; they lost in a SO in Toronto last nite; Flames lost three of last four road games. Under is 5-3 in their last eight games. Montreal won five of its last six games overall, four of last five at home- their last three games went over total.

Blues won their last four games with Dallas; five of last six series games went over. Dallas lost their last three visits here, outscored 12-8. Dallas Stars won five of their last six games; they won their last three road games. Over is 8-4 in their last dozen games. St Louis lost three of its last four games; they lost four of last six home tilts. Three of their last four games stayed under total.

Flyers won three of last four games with Vancouver; they split last four visits here. Over is 2-0-1 in last three series games. Flyers won their last two games after a 10-game skid; they’re 4-7 in last 11 road games. Seven of their last nine games went over total. Vancouver won its last three games, allowing four goals; they’re 3-5 in last eight home games. Over is 7-3 in their last ten games.

Kings are 6-4 in last 10 games with Ottawa; road team is 5-3 in last eight series games. Under is 2-0-1 in last three series games. Ottawa lost nine of its last ten games; they got shut out in last two. Senators lost six of their last seven road games. Four of their last five games stayed under total. Los Angeles won its last six games, allowing total of eight goals; they won three of last four home games. Under is 10-2-1 in their last thirteen games.

Carolina won seven of last ten games with San Jose; they’re 3-2 in last five visits here. Four of last five series games went over the total. Carolina lost five of its last seven games; they’re 1-4 in their last five road games. Under is 3-0-1 in their last four games. San Jose is 4-6 in its last ten games, losing three of last four at home; 10 of their last 12 games stayed under the total.

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NHL

Thursday, December 7

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Trend Report
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ARIZONA @ BOSTON
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Arizona's last 9 games
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

NY ISLANDERS @ PITTSBURGH
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of NY Islanders's last 12 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

WINNIPEG @ FLORIDA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games on the road
Winnipeg is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
Florida is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Florida's last 10 games

CALGARY @ MONTREAL
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games on the road
Calgary is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games when playing Montreal
Montreal is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

COLORADO @ TAMPA BAY
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 8 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games at home

DALLAS @ ST. LOUIS
Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing Dallas

PHILADELPHIA @ VANCOUVER
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games on the road
Vancouver is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Vancouver's last 10 games

OTTAWA @ LOS ANGELES
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ottawa's last 5 games
Ottawa is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

CAROLINA @ SAN JOSE
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Carolina's last 8 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of San Jose's last 8 games when playing at home against Carolina


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NHL

Thursday, December 7


Islanders are NHL's top OVER team at 18-8-1 & OVER is 5-0-1 in their last 6 vs. Metropolitan.
OVER is 4-0-1 in Penguins last 5 home games.
NYI/PIT Total: 6.5